Battlefords News-Optimist

Mention the term “ground cover” and many gardeners visibly tense. There is a change in body language as visions of goutweed and ribbon grass come to mind.

Rivers West District is once again offering a Mobile Playground Program.

Kali Weber knows she has some big shoes to fill when she takes over as the new general manager of the Dekker Centre Aug. 20. “He was there when the Dekker Centre opened its doors,” said Weber of outgoing general manager Moe McGuinty.

We can all agree that the end of Greyhound bus service on the prairies is a tragic loss. We should agree this was a business decision unfortunately based on changing times and changing economies.

For the first time in a number of years, I’m truly excited about my vegetable garden. For one thing, I’m finally retired from my work as a business writer and now have time to spend weeding and nurturing both the flowers and edibles.

Running a small-town Saskatchewan hotel back in the early 1900s was hard work.

Maidstone RCMP report a woman, who was the driver of a mini-van that collided with a pickup truck at about 4:25 p.m. Sunday on Highway 17 approximately five kilometres north of Lloydminster, died as a result of her injuries.

By Stéphane Grenier with Adam Montgomery Published by University of Regina Press $27.